Three more garden birds

[KevinA]

Another 3 from the garden

Dunnock, Prunella modularis

Robin, Erithacus rubecula. A bit scruffy and moulting, so looking a bit weird without a tail.

Blue Tit, Cyanistes caeruleus on a Foxglove Digitalis purpurea

 

[AlanLichty]

I would not have recognized your variant of a robin at all. Robins on this side of the pond are much larger birds with more of a red breast. I like the markings on the Blue Tit as well.

 

[JimFox]

I like that Blue Tit. I didn't realize that Tobins lost their tails. Do lots of birds do this? It must make it hard to fly.

 

[KevinA]

I would not have recognized your variant of a robin at all. Robins on this side of the pond are much larger birds with more of a red breast. I like the markings on the Blue Tit as well.

Thank you Alan. That's because your Robins belongs to the thrush family and the European Robin belongs to the Chat family.

I like that Blue Tit. I didn't realize that Tobins lost their tails. Do lots of birds do this? It must make it hard to fly.

Thank you Jim, all birds lose their tail feathers during their moult. Birds do tend to become more secretive during their moult, probably because they are more vulnerable to predation due to not being able to fly so well.

 

[Eric Gofreed]

Another 3 from the garden

Dunnock, Prunella modularis
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Robin, Erithacus rubecula. A bit scruffy and moulting, so looking a bit weird without a tail.
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Blue Tit, Cyanistes caeruleus on a Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
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Spectacular photography, Kevin.

 

[Joe Colozzo]

beautiful portraits

 

[KevinA]

beautiful portraits

Thank you Joe